Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 74
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79th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION
the same mileage and per diem as are allowed members of the committee when in
a travel status, to be paid out of the contingent expense fund of the house of
representatives on vouchers approved by the chair of the committee, the chair of
the Committee on House Administration, and the speaker of the house.
Sec. 23. POWER TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE OF STATE
AGENCIES. Each committee is authorized to request the assistance, when
needed, of all state departments, agencies, and offices, and it shall be the duty of
the departments, agencies, and offices to assist the committee when requested to
do so. Each committee shall have the power and authority to inspect the records,
documents, and files of every state department, agency, and office, to the extent
necessary to the discharge of its duties within the area of its jurisdiction.
CHAPTER C. COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS
Sec. 24. INTERIM STUDIES. Standing committees, en banc or by
subcommittees, are hereby authorized to conduct studies that are authorized by
the speaker pursuant to Rule 1, Section 17. Studies may not be authorized by
resolution. The speaker may appoint public citizens and officials of state and
local governments to standing committees to augment the membership for the
purpose of interim studies and shall provide a list of such appointments to the
chief clerk. The chair of the standing committee shall have authority to name the
subcommittees necessary and desirable for the conduct of the interim studies and
shall also prepare a budget for interim studies for approval by the Committee on
House Administration.
Sec. 25. MOTION PREVENTING REPORTING OR PLACEMENT ON A
CALENDAR. No motion is in order in a committee considering a bill,
resolution, or other matter that would prevent the committee from reporting it
back to the house or placing it on a calendar in accordance with the Rules of the
House.
Sec. 26. FINAL ACTION IN FORM OF REPORT. No action by a
committee on bills or resolutions referred to it shall be considered as final unless
it is in the form of a favorable report, an unfavorable report, or a report of
inability to recommend a course of action.
Sec. 27. VOTE ON MOTION TO REPORT. Motions made in committee
to report favorably or unfavorably must receive affirmative majority votes,
majority negative votes to either motion being insufficient to report. If a
committee is unable to agree on a recommendation for action, as in the case of a
tie vote, it should submit a statement of this fact as its report, and the house shall
decide, by a majority vote, the disposition of the matter by one of the following
alternatives:
(1) leave the bill in the committee for further consideration;
(2) refer the bill to some other committee; or
(3) order the bill printed, in which case the bill shall go to the
Committee on Calendars for placement on a calendar and for proposal of an
appropriate rule for house consideration.
Sec. 28. MINORITY REPORTS. The report of a minority of a committee
shall be made in the same general form as a majority report. No minority report
shall be recognized by the house unless it has been signed by not less than 474
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97462/m1/78/?q=%222005-01-11%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.